Resistance versus resilience approaches in road planning and design in delta areas: Mekong floodplains in Cambodia and Vietnam

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1289-1310

  Douven, Wim ^a   Buurman, Joost ^b   Beevers, Lindsay ^a   Verheij, Henk ^c,d   Goichot, Marc ^e   Nguyen, Ngoc Anh ^f   Truong, Hong Tien ^g   Ngoc, Huynh Minh ^g  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e WWF Greater Mekong Programme   (Laos)

^f Southern Institute for Water Resources Planning   (Viet Nam)

^g Mekong River Commission Regional Flood Management and Mitigation Centre Office of the Secretariat   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

flood management; Mekong floodplain; resilience approaches; road planning

Indexed keywords

DELTA; DESIGN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE PLANNING; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER BASIN; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CAMBODIA; MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84860915338     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2011.644848     Document Type: Article

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